Live Messenger compatible with Vista Windows Media Center?

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Posted by CrazySaguaro on November 27, 2006, 1:28 am

Does anyone know how you can receive IMs while watching full screen TV in
Windows Media Center in Windows Vista? I'm running Live Messenger 8.0 and I
cannot receive IMs while watching full screen TV. They pop up and wait
behind the Media Center window and I discover them after I close or resize
Media Center.

I think I remember with my Windows MCE 2005 that I had to run Windows
Messenger in order for media center IMs to work properly.

Any info would be appreciated.

-Gina

Posted by Jason Tsang on November 27, 2006, 2:28 am

Out of the box. Vista's Media Center has no Messenger capabilities. Windows
live Messenger will not give you this functionality within Media center.

You will have to wait until a plugin is developed by somebody.

See here for more information

No more Caller ID and Messenger
http://mediacenter.mattgoyer.com/archives/2006/07/26/1154

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> Does anyone know how you can receive IMs while watching full screen TV in
> Windows Media Center in Windows Vista? I'm running Live Messenger 8.0 and
> I
> cannot receive IMs while watching full screen TV. They pop up and wait
> behind the Media Center window and I discover them after I close or resize
> Media Center.
> I think I remember with my Windows MCE 2005 that I had to run Windows
> Messenger in order for media center IMs to work properly.
> Any info would be appreciated.
> -Gina
>

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